Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 03:10:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 03:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 28'	South
Longitude:	137° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.55 meters/second, 1539.2 km/hour, 956.4 miles/hour or 831.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 24.7"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 49.3"	956.26 mi	west	0° 08' 24.0"	9.63 mi	north	956.65 mi
24 hours	13° 41' 13.0"	908.07 mi	east	3° 47' 17.0"	260.45 mi	north	952.52 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Cairns	Sat 1:10 PM	836 km	520 miles	452 nm	E
Darwin	Sat 12:40 PM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	WNW
Alice Springs	Sat 12:40 PM	908 km	564 miles	490 nm	SSW
Port Moresby	Sat 1:10 PM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	NE
Jayapura	Sat 12:10 PM	1569 km	975 miles	847 nm	NNE
Dili	Sat 12:10 PM	1603 km	996 miles	865 nm	WNW
Manokwari	Sat 12:10 PM	1777 km	1104 miles	959 nm	NNW
Eucla	Sat 11:55 AM	1919 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	SSW
Brisbane	Sat 1:10 PM	1974 km	1227 miles	1066 nm	SE
Adelaide *	Sat 1:40 PM	2048 km	1272 miles	1106 nm	S